Lizzy Laferriere

About Lizzy Laferriere

I work at the intersection of health, design, and policy, helping reimagine how systems are built — and who they’re built for. My work is about translating complexity into action, bringing unlikely partners into alignment, and building systems that empower the people they’re meant to serve.I’m known for stepping into complicated environments and making them feel workable. I build trust quickly. I create clarity where things are messy. I help people move from good intentions to real, testable change.Over the past decade, I’ve worked inside federal and county agencies, national initiatives, and community-centered innovation efforts — advising senior leaders, designing multi-million-dollar programs, and building initiatives that sit at the edge of policy and practice. I don’t just ask what’s possible; I design pathways to get there.Right now, my work is focused on health and justice — the space where systems fail hardest and matter most. I believe the future of public health won’t be built only at the top; it will be built with communities, through design, and with courage.If you’re working on health equity, justice reform, civic innovation, or systems change — and you care as much about how we build as what we build — I’d love to connect!

Experience

1. Policy Fellow

   Dc Primary Care Association

   Sep 2025 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Driving the \"Make Care Primary\" white paper compiling 1+ year of DC leadership and community engagement to identify and refine primary care policy priorities to collectively advance in 2026; coordinating DCPCA researchers, collecting new and compiling preexisting data, executing the project charter, and writing significant portions of the white paperDesigned, provided coaching, and facilitated the $20k+ Community Health Worker Power Lab, a hands-on, community-led design lab that convened two teams of experienced patient navigators over the course of two Saturdays and one pitch meeting to prototype solutions for improving access to and experiences with DC primary care

Education

• Wellesley College

  Bachelor of Arts

• The George Washington University- Milken Institute School of Public Health

  Doctor of Public Health

• Georgetown University

  Master of Public Policy

Skills

• Family Policy
• Strategic Communications
• Photoshop
• Public Policy
• Children's Rights
• Policy Analysis
• Foreign Policy
• Stata
• Editing
• Nonprofits
• Asian Studies
• Budget Advocacy
• Program Evaluation
• Political Science
• Fundraising
• Program Management
• Gender Analysis
• Gender Equality
• International Relations
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Community Outreach
• Diplomacy
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Community Organizing
• Politics
• South Asia
• Event Planning
• Research